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If they love you, they’ll stay…and shield you

I don’t know how my friends stand me when I’m such a love junkie. Always falling in some mire, oblivious to my own misery the way a moth would ignore its burning wings just to creep closer to the flame.

But despite my propensity for trouble, and my penchant for a lack of self-regard, they do try very hard to keep my body and mind safe and sane. That’s why I’m tickled to listen to Dave Barnes’s Stay Away. It’s about a man warning a known heartbreaker to stay away from his friend. And I’ve been on the side where you see someone going somewhere you know is really bad. A friend’s responsibility is to warn loved ones from harm and even if the warnings are ignored, to then stay around to pick up the pieces.

She hangs up the phone and she Lays wide awake Holding onto the heart you, again will break It’s not that she’s innocent And she’s not been defiled Yes she picks up the phone, well It’s you who dialed And I know she tells you to stay But please, stay away Stay away Stay away I know this is heavy I know I seem mad But you’re the one who laughs and runs while She’s standing sad We both know where this is going from your history She again will fall in love You again will leave. And I know she’s telling you to stay But please, stay away Stay away Stay away She wears her heart on her sleeve Yeah she’s crying her eyes out to me Heaven or hell she will go through Depends on you Depends on you